Biography & Memoir
The Diaries of Nella Last
Patricia Malcolmson
A collected edition of bestselling author Nella Last's diaries, including substantial never-before published material from the war years
Occupation Diaries
Raja Shehadeh
Life in Palestine today – what it is really like – day to day, now shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2013
All in a Don's Day
Mary Beard
Mary Beard's famous blog 'A Don's Life' has been running on the TLS website for nearly five years. Through it she made her name as…
Up Pohnpei
Paul Watson
Penguins Stopped Play meets Cool Runnings in this hilarious and uplifting true story of footballing triumph against all the odds, set on a Pacific isl…
People Who Say Goodbye
P. Y. Betts
A memoir of growing up in London during the First World War, as told through the voice of a child.
Van Gogh
Gregory White Smith
The definitive and explosive biography, based on new material, by the bestselling, prize-winning authors of Pollock.
Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter
Albie Sachs
The memoir of ANC member and anti-apartheid activist Albie Sachs casts a clear eye on the sacrifices made in the name of freedom and justice.
Decline & Fall
Chris Mullin
Britains best-loved MP and bestselling diarist returns with his hilarious account of a New Labour backbencher
Off Message
Bob Marshall-Andrews
Tony Blair's least favourite colleague casts a mordant eye on whips and rebels, wars and liberties, spin and patronage, and expenses and legacies…
Hellfire And Herring
Christopher Rush
A vivid and moving account of the author's childhood in the 1940s and 1950s in the little fishing village of St Monans…
Joe
Michael Blastland
Michael Blastland has written a beautiful and deeply thoughtful book about his 10-year-old son Joe.
Sew Your Own
John-Paul Flintoff
What happens when a man, dazzled like most of us by hi-tech, happy to have his suits made by robots in New York, sets out to find the meaning of life?…
A Voyage For Madmen
Peter Nichols
Already a classic among sailors, Nichols tell the true story of the inaugural 1968 Golden Globe sailing race: the first single-handed non-stop circumn…
Held by the Sea
Jane Darke
At the age of 48 documentary filmmaker and painter Jane Darke lost her husband, the playwright Nick Darke, to cancer. After twenty five years together…
The Ballad of Bob Dylan
Daniel Mark Epstein
Dylan's songs sound as if they have been part of the folk music tradition for centuries The Ballad of Bob Dylan examines the influences behind hi…